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Parental Standards: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. November 11th, 2013| School, Teen Perspective, Teens
I have a simple question to ask you: is it reasonable to place your child under house arrest if they aren't meeting their parents' standards?  What if they can't meet these standards?

You see, some of my fellow teenagers have been placed under house arrest this year because of various
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Helping Your Preschooler With Focus

by T Akery November 7th, 2013| Behavior, Preschool
Preschoolers have notoriously short attention spans. But participating in preschool often means your child has to focus on a task for a period of time. While these tasks aren't particularly long, they are a means of helping your child learn. There are some things you can do to help
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When Do You Know You’re Ready?

by Editorial Team November 6th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
This may be a very risqué article, but bear with me.  As a teenager it can be overwhelming with all the things you are told.  Specifically pertaining to premarital sex.  If you are a teenager in a relationship, you may feel pressured to do things you usually wouldn't.  But
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Predicament: Helping Kids Respect Books

by Editorial Team November 4th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
I want my preschoolers to be comfortable with books, but I also want them to take care of them. Too many of ours end up on the floor getting stepped on. What's the best way to store books so they're easy to take out and easy to put away,
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Standing Up for Yourself: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. October 29th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
As a teenager, confrontations with your parents are almost unavoidable.  They almost serve as a stepping stone into adulthood, helping learn when it is appropriate to stand up to authority and when it isn't.  At the same time, excessive confrontation with one's parents is definitely a behavioral issue.  Thus,
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Bullying

by Ronald A. Rowe October 25th, 2013| Elementary, School
Since the atrocious events in the Bartow, FL bullying-suicide case have gotten national attention this week, every parent's thoughts have turn to the topic of bullying. It is hard for most of us to imagine a case as severe as the one that took place in Florida, yet if
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Solution: Grade Slump

by Mrs. C. October 18th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
Last year my daughter was an A student, but since she started sixth grade last month she’s getting nothing but C’s. Is it too early to worry about this? Should I just keep helping her with her homework and waiting to see if she improves?

My opinion is that you
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Danger in Plain Sight

by Lori Sciame October 17th, 2013| Preschool, Safety
"Pastor: 2 year-old boy found dead in trunk had keys with him."  This heart wrenching headline from Fox News presents a little-known safety issue for young children: being trapped in a car trunk. As a regular writer for Your Parenting Info, I have written about many pressing safety issues, but
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Teaching Baby to Swim

by T Akery October 16th, 2013| Infants/Toddlers, Safety
It may surprise many parents to find that their babies can learn the basics of swimming. Some babies even naturally take to the pool. That doesn't mean that you can leave them unsupervised. But the earlier a baby learns how to adapt to the water, the easier
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A Unique Gem: The Introvert

by Lori Sciame October 14th, 2013| Behavior, Elementary
The little girl sits in her desk at school concentrating her math worksheet.  This behavior is not new, as she always cooperates; most of the time she's the first one in her seat in the morning, the first one to come in from recess, and the first one to
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Implementing a Preschool Behavior Chart

by T Akery October 10th, 2013| Behavior, Preschool
Behavior charts are often a means of measuring a preschooler's behavior during the school year. Each preschool does things a little differently in implementing their own behavior chart. Some schools will have the smiley face method where a frown indicates bad behavior. Others will use a color method where
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Solution: Pacifiers: Why Even Start?

by Playroom Supervisors October 4th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
I read your article on getting toddlers to give up the pacifier and wondered, wouldn’t it be better just not to let them have one to begin with? Besides being a shortcut to keeping the child quiet, are they really any use at all?

We've actually seen many benefits from
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